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September Campaign: Life in the Land of a Thousand Hills

Rwanda is beautiful. But life in the Land of a Thousand Hills isn’t easy. Families often walk for hours, up and down mountains, just to collect dirty water from rivers. Here are the stories of two...

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September Campaign: Water is Dieudonne’s Job

It takes more than pipes and pumps to make our water projects run in Rwanda. And those projects provide a lot more than water. They create jobs. Take Dieudonne, for instance–he has the tools, the...

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September Campaign: The Clinic That Had Almost Everything

We’d never been to a health facility that offered rabbits to patients in need of a cuddle–until we visited Rwanda. At the clinic in Shyorongi, Donathile does her best without clean running water. But,...

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Sneak peek: a redesigned campaign page

Have you ever had a project that you knew needed attention, but you never got around to it because it was just too daunting? Well for us, that’s been the mycharitywater.org campaign page. Thousands of...

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World Water Day 2013

Today is World Water Day. It’s a day when we can be thankful for the clean water coming out of our taps and turn the world’s attention to the 800 million people still living without access to clean...

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We Still Need Your Help in Rwanda

For our September campaign last year, 13,782 people helped us raise money for Rwanda. We set a goal to raise $1.7 million, and thanks to all of you, we raised more than $2 million. Together, we funded...

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Introducing… Yellow Thunder!

Thousands of you joined us last September and helped fund our first drilling rig. Then, in March, we were thrilled to share with you that the rig drilled its first well in Ethiopia! At charity: water,...

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Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith get wise to water.

Everyone was anxious, anticipating. The charity: water team, hundreds of hopeful locals, Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith. We all watched as the first charity: water rig, Yellow Thunder, and the...

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Rachel’s Mom Visits Ethiopia

Samantha, Rachel’s mother, in Ethiopia along with Rachel’s grandfather, Richard Exactly a year ago today, nine-year-old Rachel Beckwith was killed in a tragic car accident on highway I-90 near...

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Rachel’s Gift. One Year Later.

Yesterday, on the one year anniversary of Rachel’s death, our staff took her mom and grandparents to Ethiopia to visit some of the 37,000 people Rachel helped. Watch the video: Rachel’s story. Tekloini...

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Chipotle Challenge: Foiled

What happens when you hit up your boss for a donation to his own charity? Dani and Mohini found out: he makes a ridiculous request, and you comply with a smile. Two months into their mycharity: water...

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